Why are Muslims so angry?
English: Icon of Jesus Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) (John Piper) Jesus’s uniqueness and beauty is on display if his followers respond with grace when he is reviled. When adherents of Islam counter the mocking of their central figure with outrage and violence, they provide another vivid depiction of the difference between Muhammad and Christ , and what it means to follow each. Not all Muslims approve the violence, but the work of Muhammad is based on being honored and the work of Christ is based on being insulted. This produces two very different reactions to mockery. A Deep Difference Between Jesus and Muhammad Jesus is unique. And Christians believe there is a divine beauty in the mocking that he willingly subjects himself to by becoming man — because it’s a mocking and reviling and bruising and dying that is for us and for our salvation. If Christ had not been insulted, there would be no salvation. This was his saving work: to be insulted and die to rescue sinners fro